Board of Elections investigates Mautino campaign spending

Members of the Illinois State Board of Elections today took another step in their investigation of Auditor General Frank Mautino. They voted to ask for more information about his campaign spending, spending that Republicans have called excessive.

Campaign finance reports show Mautino, a Democrat, paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to Spring Valley Bank and a single service station. The election board gave Mautino’s old fundraising committee until July 1 to turn over more documentation.